Timeline
- 1880
- Fairymead established
- 1882
- Millaquin mill operating and refinery established
- Fairymead's first cane crop harvested, yielding 500 tons of cane for 100,000 gallons of juice
- 1885
- Bingera mill opened
- 1888
- Bundaberg Foundry Engineers Ltd established at Bundaberg in Queensland
- 1912
- Fairymead floated to become a public company
- 1932
- Prolonged drought led to first cane irrigation experiments
- 1938
- Fairymead developed mechanical cane harvesters
- 1965
- Fairymead installed Queensland's first diffuser
- 1972
- Fairymead changed its name to Bundaberg Sugar Company Limited and merged with Gibson & Howes Pty Limited
- 1975
- Millaquin Sugar Company Pty Limited (including the Bundaberg Distillery) joined Bundaberg Sugar
- 1981
- Bundaberg Sugar invested in the Blair Athol Coal joint venture, adding to its West Moreton mining interests
- 1986
- Fifty percent of Bundaberg Distilling Company Pty Limited was sold to Carlton & United Breweries Limited
- 1987
- A food packaging and wholesaling company was purchased and became Bundaberg Sugars Pty Ltd
- Mourilyan and Babinda mills became the first Queensland mills to commence continuous crushing
- 1988
- Mourilyan mill at Innisfail and Moreton mill in Nambour were purchased, increasing the company's milling capacity by 50 percent
- Bundaberg Sugar's major commercial beef cattle interests were sold
- Bundaberg Sugar donated historical Fairymead House to the city of Bundaberg
- 1989
- Babinda mill was purchased
- Bundaberg Foundry was purchased
- Bundaberg Sugar's share in Blair Athol Coal was sold completing the disposal of the company's coal mining interests
- 1991
- Bundaberg Sugar was acquired by Tate & Lyle PLC
- 1992
- Bundaberg Foundry was awarded major contracts to supply sugar milling equipment in south east Asia
- Bundaberg Refinery capacity expanded
- New Bundaberg brand sugar products launched
- 1993
- Bundaberg Sugar's mills crushed a record total 5.33 million tonnes of cane
- Company cane farms in Babinda and lnnisfail areas expanded
- Purchase offer documents mailed to Shareholders of South Johnstone & Tully Mills
- Dark & Stormy rum and brewed ginger beer drink launched
- 1994
- A Bundaberg Molasses plant producing liquid feed for animals is established at Oakey
- 1995
- A cane crop of 5.57 million tonnes is crushed at company mills
- Bundaberg Foundry again exports the world's largest mills
- Bundaberg Rum launches the 10 year old premium product of Bundaberg Black
- 1996
- New safety seal introduced for Bundaberg 2kg White Sugar packets
- Bundaberg Sugar to be refined in Saudi Arabia
- 1997
- Company's six mills crush a record 5.97 million tonnes of cane.
- 1998
- New Tableland Mill commenced operation incorporating BHEM's (Bundaberg High Extraction Mill)
- Bundaberg Rum launched Bundaberg Premium
- Launch of pasture supplement, Prolix, a fully serviced program incorporating product delivery by Agents covering SE Qld & northern NSW
- 2000
- Bundaberg Sugar acquired by Finasucre
- Bundaberg Rum sold
- Prolix Agency Network is expanded in tonnage to double of the initial business. Coverage is now northern NSW, through SE, West & Central Qld
- 2001
- Bundaberg Sugar purchases South Johnstone Mill assets
- Company's eight Mills crush a record cane crop of 6.12 million tonnes
- First commercial sale of BHEM to a Queensland mill
- A new bulk supplement, Pasture Plus, is released and aimed at the larger scale cattlemen wanting a ready mixed molasses supplement
- 2002
- Announcement of the closure of Moreton Sugar industry
- Bundaberg Regional Milling Project underway for 2002 crushing season
- Prolix Agency Network is expanded into Central NSW
- First BHEM's exported to Mauritius and Pacific region
- 2003
- Bundaberg Foundry acquired Walkers sugar business
- Moreton mill closed
- 2005
- Fairymead mill closed
- 2006
- Mourilyan mill closed on 22/08/06.